Abstract
53BP1 plays multiple roles in mammalian DNA damage repair, mediating pathway choice and facilitating DNA double-strand break repair in heterochromatin. Although it possesses a C-terminal BRCT2 domain, commonly involved in phospho-peptide binding in other proteins, initial recruitment of 53BP1 to sites of DNA damage depends on interaction with histone post-translational modifications--H4K20me2 and H2AK13/K15ub--downstream of the early γH2AX phosphorylation mark of DNA damage. We now show that, contrary to current models, the 53BP1-BRCT2 domain binds γH2AX directly, providing a third post-translational mark regulating 53BP1 function. We find that the interaction of 53BP1 with γH2AX is required for sustaining the 53BP1-dependent focal concentration of activated ATM that facilitates repair of DNA double-strand breaks in heterochromatin in G1.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2081-2089 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Cell Reports |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Dec 2015 |
Keywords
- animals
- ataxia telangiectasia mutated proteins/metabolism
- chromosomal proteins, non-histone/metabolism
- crystallography, X-Ray
- DNA breaks, double-stranded
- DNA repair/physiology
- DNA-binding proteins/metabolism
- fluorescent antibody technique
- gene knockdown techniques
- heterochromatin/metabolism
- histones/metabolism
- humans
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- mice
- protein processing, post-translational
- protein structure, quaternary
- RNA, small interfering
- transfection
- tumor suppressor p53-binding protein 1